Konno-sempai is mine at last, tra la la la! I thought he would be harder than that, but I just used my usual method and it worked out fine. I identified Academics as his most important stat and raised it like crazy, and then I raised all the other stats normally and got him in the end. I had something like Ac – 238, Sp – 160, Soc – 260 etc, etc by the end, but since I didn’t raise my Charm that high, I wasn’t elected Rose Queen. Doesn’t matter though, ‘cos I got to be in the school play twice, first with Konno as my prince and then with Miyo and Karen (who looks super spiffy as a prince).
My verdict on Konno? His route actually blew me away. The guy himself is on the dull side, but he’s a kind, decent, hardworking and respectful character without being a complete milquetoast like Sakuya in Girl’s Side 1. Even on the worst of dates he never gets nasty or snippy with you or tries to order you around. I mean, this is a guy who spends his Christmas Eve playing Santa for little kids in hospital! He’s like the model boyfriend, right?
Even better, his route appeals to the overachiever in me because even in games I hate getting bad results in exams. On Konno’s route you can study like crazy and get praised for it. Remember how Madoka in GS1 would get all cool towards you if you were too smart? I hated that. Konno’s end is good too: you both go to a first class university and keep dating, and with a stable guy like that, you might as well vote this “Ending most likely to end in a Wedding and Four Kids.” It’s an ending with a future, catch my drift?
More importantly, for some reason all his CGs are really easy to unlock. I mean, really easy, you just walk around town, bump into someone and bam, new CG. Or you go on a date, pick a certain store and bam, new CG. For most other guys you often need a FAQ: “Spring, Year 2, Affection must be XYZ, Go to store X and do YYY while holding ZZZ”, obscure stuff like that. I got all his school CGs except one, all his love CGs except one and all his (that other one) CGs, again except one. And I love getting CGs, so Konno’s path was the most satisfying for me so far.
On the minus side, he really is a bit of a bore. I mean, just a bit. They went a little overboard on the Mr. Perfect Guy thing (did I mention he’s totally hot without the glasses?), so even his attempts at angst and depth – the whole “nobody sees me for who I really am” bit – come across as a bit shallow and empty. And since he’s your senior you don’t get to compete with him on grades and you don’t get to go on the school trip with him, which is a bit sad. But he’s still a breath of fresh air from gruff old Kouichi or weird Ruka or playboy Junpei so I’ll take him any day.
What’s next? I’m trying to find some detailed Girl’s Side 3rd Story FAQs or walkthroughs because I want those secret characters! I ran into one at the bookstore, some old-looking guy, I’m sure there’s at least one or two others. And I hear you can date your teacher, which I do NOT want to do. I mean, that’s just wrong on so many levels! And he’s not even cute. Anyway, the search continues!
Pretty sure im years too late for this sksks i just found my nintendo after years thinking i lost it. Never actually played this game since for some reason i only play harvest moon, fire emblem and cooking mama. Accidentally got ruka’s ending on first play then tamao senpai caught my attention and I’ve been playing him four times straight IDK WHY, and now no route interest me lmao
Konno-senpai is the best <3 But Kouichi isn't half-bad either, so give him a try. The rest of the guys... eh.
17 years late comment lol but it’s great that you like Konno-sempai!And whoa, we actually have the same thoughts about Konno :O
He’s the best, isn’t he? Still my favorite after all these years.
He definitely is my fav too out of the TMGS3 cast! Smart, sweet, sincere and simple 😊 That’s 4 S’s there. Tamao is definitely the guy you would want to be your husband hehe. I’m glad he’s still your favorite after all these years. Great tastes 👌
Speaking of which, did you ever do Shitara’s route? I can’t see any blog posts that you wrote about him.
I did: https://www.tehvidya.com/tokimeki-memorial-girl%e2%80%99s-side-3-%e2%80%93-shitara-get/
He didn’t exactly blow me away, though in retrospect maybe I was a bit harsh because there are so many great routes in this game.
It’s fine! He was a bit of a jerk lol (and I kept chopping him in the DS version like I did with Saeki 😂 but I don’t hate the latter, just like taking revenge him)
I do admit there was something more that could have been done to Shitara’s story..
Sorry for the super late reply, I just recently stumbled upon this blog again since I just went back to TMGS2 to play as accurate to what my real life self would do in that game. I just finished it more than 30 minutes ago and I got Chiyomi’s ending, which is logical. I do plan the finish my long long journal about that gameplay these remaining semester break days.
Shitara was a bit of a twerp, though I still liked him more than anyone in TMGS4.
Konno Tamao is my #1 husband ゜:(つд⊂):゜。
I actually fell in love at first sight w/ him, when he opened the door for us to teachers room. Tamao senpai is perfect from head to toe even though we never see his full body in game, don’t we?
I never knew I had a type until he came to my life ｡･ﾟ･(ﾉД｀)･ﾟ･｡
I know it sounds crazy but you don’t know, maybe Idk too, but Tamao for life!
I never finish the game, never get Queen Bee title, I always start w/ Tamao & end w/ Tamao whenever I play. I can’t betray him ╥﹏╥
Idc if he’s little bit perverted, I even wear short cute skirt to tease him on date in his room. He’s PERFECT! If he wants to be PM then I’ll help him, so I can be the 1st lady 😂
Tamao becomes a blue print to future LIs I play in other games, all of them remind me of Tamao. Sometimes I deviate from it but no one is like Tamao fr
I should get a life, thanks for enabling the comment section bc I don’t have rl who has similar opinion abt Tamao. Finally I could write it on s/o comment section XD
Thank you~
He is the absolutely best, and he totally ruins other otome love interests because he is so much better than them! He’s just too darned perfect, isn’t he? I’d still be playing otome games right now if there were more guys like him out there!